Re: VA-503+ Super 7 build
Posted on 2011-05-02, 02:21
make sure your ram is running at full speed. I know the 503+ had a memory divider that let you use your old 66mhz ram on a 100mhz bus.
Re: Desperately seeking assistance Intel 440BX-2 board and PL IP3 T
Posted on 2011-04-29, 01:10
the 440bx chipset is physically capable of using tualatin processors. I've seen it done with a few mods to a P2B-D. But tetrium is probably 100% correct. ESPECIALLY at the end of the P3 era intel was a real prick. They would do anything short of murdering you to make you buy a pentium 4.
Re: Quick question about 486 mobo's cache
Posted on 2011-04-28, 18:10
BAM!!! http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/cache/charCa … eability-c.html
Re: Pcchips M915i
Posted on 2011-04-28, 15:50
its one of those things you know, I paid MONEY for this board. If swapping the bios chip lets me make use of that money then so be it. The board works surprisingly well for a no-cache board. 😜
Re: Pcchips M915i
Posted on 2011-04-28, 15:16
BLEH. I'm wondering it I can get a generic chip, flash it, and re-solder it onto my board. I'd use a socket. damnit, if I had a dollar for every time i've wanted my own bios flasher... I'd probably have about $20. 😜 oh, and under the sticker its marked "D" thats it.
Re: Practice PC # 2 - retro PC - Windows 98
Posted on 2011-04-28, 05:17
i've FORGOTTEN more about computers that most people even know. I had to explain what a pentium 2 heatsink was to some pizza faced kid the other day. now I feel old.
Re: Pcchips M915i
Posted on 2011-04-28, 05:06
well teh board has gone from the back burner to one of the burners closer to the front. I looked up the bios strind ID and it is a PC chips M915I board. And the bios is from 1-1-1995. found a website that has a link for a bios dated 8-11-1995 that "adds support for cyrix 133 chips." http://www. …
Re: memorable CPUs
Posted on 2011-04-27, 21:12
Totally OT, but I heard about this data migration company from New York a while ago. Basically imagine yourself hording all this vintage hardware. And in 50 years nobody has this kind of hardware anymore, but there are important historical documents, which libraries and other bodies really really …
Re: Practice PC # 2 - retro PC - Windows 98
Posted on 2011-04-27, 21:09
I had one of those... It was nice when we got it but the 400mhz celeron that lived inside of it got passed by faster processors VERY quick. Nice part is, the motherboard was very good about upgrades. The bad part is that the modem/pci card made me want to shake babies and kick puppies. It lived a …
Re: memorable CPUs
Posted on 2011-04-26, 03:42
I've always loved the slot processors. and the Pentium pro. I remember the dismal failure of the initial Pentium 4's... Sure it runs at 1.7ghz! but only has the performance of a 1ghz p3. So lets cancel the freaking awesome tualatins and focus on the nuclear furnaces that the p4 net-burst became... …
Re: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, quick test.
Posted on 2011-04-26, 02:34
If you want an "original cooler" they are all over the place on ebay for like $5. Seriously. Becides, the cooler that he has on that card is a VERY GOOD cooler for its day. I had one on my 9600SE.
Re: What is this thing? Siemens 486 ISA processor module
Posted on 2011-04-25, 12:37
That board is whats called a SBC. or single board computer. its designed to plug into a backplane such as this: http://cgi.ebay.com/14-SLOT-ISA-PASSIVE-BACKPLANE-BRAND-NEW-/320688248771?pt=COMP_EN_Networking_Components&hash=item4aaa8257c3 its for industrial and automation computers mostly. SBC's …
Re: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, quick test.
Posted on 2011-04-25, 01:45
if you want a 9800pro. there is one on ebay that is being sold by an idiot that will probably go for cheap. aftermarket cooler too! http://cgi.ebay.com/Video-Card-PN-109-a07500- … =item2a100828ee
Re: Fatest 386 Upgrade chip, Cyrix Cx486DRx2-33/66GP?
Posted on 2011-04-23, 07:02
I think the Intel rapid-cad is probably the "fastest" thing you can slap into a 386 but wont have any noticeable effect unless you are using math heavy programs. But in all reality it would most likely be cheaper and easier to get a 486 if you need something faster than the amd-40
Re: Rescued a Abit KA7-100
Posted on 2011-04-22, 20:02
I'm actually in the market for a 1ghz athlon chip. Both the pluto? and the thunderbird chips. I have a 950 and a 600 but my OCD DEMANDS that I get both 1ghz chips.
Re: Pcchips M915i
Posted on 2011-04-22, 20:00
the flash chip isnt socketed. and I dont have a "proper bios" meaning I'm not 100% sure its going to work. I'm willing to give it a try, I just have other projects on the front burner at the moment. let me pull the sticker and see if its even flashable.
Re: Rescued a Abit KA7-100
Posted on 2011-04-22, 18:58
yes i did, and it would post. But it was about as stable as a skateboard in a canoe. 😜
Re: Pcchips M915i
Posted on 2011-04-22, 18:57
THATS WHAT MAKES IT SO SAD!!!
Rescued a Abit KA7-100
Posted on 2011-04-22, 18:18
last week I bought an Abit KA7-100 off of ebay. Mostly because it came with a 950mhz slot A Athlon. Just look at this!!! EVERY cap is ready to pop! http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4041/ka7100.th.jpg http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/4332/20110421021141.th.jpg http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/ …
Pcchips M915i
Posted on 2011-04-22, 17:54
about a month ago I won one of these boards from a guy in belarus (russia). Well last week it FINALLY arrived, and I have good news and bad news. good news, its a working board. Bad news, even though the cache is real, the bios has disabled it. :dead: attached is a benchmark I ran with my C5x86@ …
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